The report was prepared for Innovation and Business Skills
Australia, a Federal Government-funded Industry Skills Council that
sets the training agenda in innovation industries such as
information and communication technology, financial services and
business services. pdf-file 2006

Shifts in workforce demographics and business requirements are
creating real risks for utilities. It recommends that, to mitigate
these risks and lay a foundation for an effective future workforce,
senior managers must understand the dynamics of their current
employee base, the drivers of turnover, the knowledge and skills
that must be shared before they are lost, and the best ways to tap
into the future talent pool. pdf.

This research paper explains how the heightened expectations of the
Millennial Generation will influence workplace practices from
hiring, recruiting and retention, to compensation, promotion,
training and organizational culture. The paper also identifies a
short list of actions that will help any company prepare for a
future in which Millennials will play a major role.

In a series of groundbreaking studies, economist Kathryn Shaw, the
Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor of Economics at the Business School,
identified quantifiable links between imaginative HR practices and
increased productivity. 2004

A group of California government human resource professionals and
executives gathered to ponder future trends in the field of human
resources. The essence of that discussion, which represents the
personal opinions of those present based on a collective experience
of over three hundred years in the field of human resources, is
documented in this paper. pdf

The present contribution aims at describing the future of the health
workforce in Switzerland. As growing evidence points towards a
probable shortage of health care professionals in the next decades,
four scenarios elaborated in a previous work on the evolution of
health care are presented with the objective of addressing this
specific issue. These scenarios should provide a glimpse of how
health systems could possibly react in a context of shortage of
health care professionals. pdf 2005

This publication examines the people management challenges facing
organisations today — the talent crisis, an aging workforce in the
Western world, rising demands for global worker mobility, etc. — and
how these changes will impact businesses over the next decade, and
what other social, economic, environmental and demographic factors
will have an impact on the world of work.

What would HR look like if it really was innovative? Liisa
Välikangas and Amy Muller provide answers based on working with
large corporations as employees, consultants, and researchers for
the past 20 years. Pdf-file. May 2003

It is critical to the ongoing business success of an organization to
improve the return gained from its human assets. This allows the
organization to consistently demonstrate the people management
function and the value of their people assets. Pdf-file

Millions of displaced manufacturing workers remain unemployed.
Simultaneously, an increasing shortage of highly skilled production
workers is threatening U.S. manufacturing. If executives don't
address this complex conundrum head-on, rhetoric could overcome
reason in the effort to recreate the U.S. manufacturing labor force.
2004

The Future of Human Resource Management: 64 Thought Leaders Explore the Critical HR Issues of Today and Tomorrow
by Mike Losey (Editor), Dave Ulrich (Editor), Sue Meisinger (Editor)
The follow-up to the bestselling Tomorrow's HR Management
(0-471-19714-9), this book presents an international panel of expert
contributors who offer their views on the state of HR and what to
expect in the future. Topics covered include HR as a decision
science, understanding and managing people, creating and adapting
organizational culture, the effects of globalization, collaborative
ventures, and investing in the next generation.